Delaware Surf

Detailed Delaware surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Delaware. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Delaware. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Delaware over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Delaware and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Delaware Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Delaware Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Delaware coastline are also listed below.

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Delaware Wavefinder

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	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Diamond Beach New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	52nd Street New Jersey	Avalon 15th Street New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	6	6	6	7	6	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	4	7	7	8	6	7	6
Energy	76	38	45	42	49	63	121	163	88	102	70	57	38	27	26	74	53	41	22	137	212	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:08PM 0.86		12:45AM 1.22	12:57PM 0.86		1:01AM 1.01	1:46PM 0.88		1:53AM 1.00		2:38PM 0.93	2:49AM 1.00		3:32PM 1.00	3:49AM 1.01		4:27PM 1.10	4:50AM 1.04		5:21PM 1.20		5:47AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 0.34		6:43AM 0.19	6:33PM 0.30		7:39AM 0.20	7:48PM 0.31		8:39AM 0.18		9:04PM 0.28	9:34AM 0.14		10:08PM 0.21	10:24AM 0.09		11:04PM 0.13	11:12AM 0.03		11:58PM 0.05	12:00PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-
High °C	11	12	12	14	15	15	16	18	16	19	19	18	15	12	13	12	16	16	14	13	16	17
Low °C	11	11	11	10	15	13	15	17	15	17	18	16	13	12	10	8	15	14	14	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	12	10	13	15	14	14	17	15	19	19	18	14	10	11	10	16	16	12	12	14	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	10	9	9	9	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	4	9	8	8	12	-	11	9	9	9	9	8	4	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	4	-	2	4	6	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	4	-	3	4	6	7	6

	Thursday 07							Friday 08								Saturday 09
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Stone Harbour Point New Jersey	North Wildwood New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	9	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6
Energy	107	56	43	52	38	37	38	45	44	35	42	21	49	46	60	63	83	112	121	151	182	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:08PM 0.86				12:11AM 1.03				12:57PM 0.86				1:01AM 1.01				1:46PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:33AM 0.20				5:42PM 0.27				6:43AM 0.19				6:33PM 0.30				7:39AM 0.20				7:48PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	10	14	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	9	10	10	12	10	9	8	10	7	13	15	14	14	12	11	12	13	14	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	4	4	9	10	9	9	8	8	4	8	-	12	12	-	-	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	-	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Thursday 07	Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Stone Harbour Point New Jersey	North Wildwood New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	123	70	59	104	93	91	77	72	76	64	54	52	52	47	38	38	37	37	37	38	38	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											12:08PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)				5:56AM 0.16												5:42PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	12	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Delaware Surf Breaks

Bethany

beach/jetty

Dewey Beach

beach

Fenwick

beach/jetty

Indian River (Northside)

beach/jetty

Indian River (Southside)

beach/jetty

beach/groyne

beach

beach

sandbar

If you're looking for a endless haven of surf breaks then perhaps Delaware shouldn't be high on your list, never the less this part of coast does offer some decent rideable waves on a semi consistent basis. Come summer the whole coast lights up with crowds, with most of the surfable beaches being closed for surfing.

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